With the digital world revealing itself evermore within the physical, the layers of abstractions of the digital are multiplying, making it more difficult to understand the material culture that trying to follow the fluid nature of the digital culture. The constant flow of new data in the digital space is entirely redefining the space. However the physical tools supporting this space are the same with the only difference as the number of connections made between components. Those complex hidden connections result in a disconnection between the interactions and their implications.

Humans are no longer able to relate to the digital and physical consequences of the growing digital world. As a result, there’s disengagement in the physical world which causes a greater unawareness of the continuous depletion of abiotic resources, on which we greatly depend to sustain the current digital culture. The digital interfaces mediating this culture are reshaping our senses and ourselves, progressively leading to the loss of haptic.

Latent Communication uses the power of material identity to question how humans will engage with the physical manifestation of the digital interactions in the future.

It looks into the implications of our digital dependency and how it generates a disengagement in the physical environment. The project uses the sense of touch to deconstruct digital interactions and explore new materialisation.

It is presented in a collection of objects, each representing a different interaction when using a digital device. It essentially interprets with digital visualisation the meaning of touch as a form of communication.

A Catalogue of Investigation was created in the initial research which helped to orientate this project.

As part of the project, 129 Grams of Matter, a research gathering scientific, historic and geologic information was designed to tell the story of the materials used to create an iPhone.

This narrative was presented referring to the sense of touch, under the skin of a smartphone.

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[ Link to the website ] - built to share my insights of a journey taken through the Master in Design for Emergent Futures.

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I have created from scratch, to share my insights of a journey taken through the Master in Design for Emergent Futures.

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Master project, 2019, Master in Design for Emergent Futures, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.